Fabric furniture spring



Feb, 2 1926.

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FABRIC FURNITURE SPRING Filed Oct. 24, 1924 INVENTOR ma Waneenmlhssacese ITNEssEs ATTORNEYS .lll

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VINCENZO MASSACESE, OF NEW YORK, N. 'it'.

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.Application filed october 24, 1h24. Serial No. 745,677.

T0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, VINCENZO lvnssnonsn,

a subject of the King of Italy, and resident oi the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York. have invented a new and lmproved Fabric Furniture Spring, ot' which 4the following is a toll, clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation to furniture springs and has particular reference to fabric urniture springs which are especially designed for beds, couches or the like.

Primarily the invention contemplates an improved fabric urniturespring consisting ot a plurality of inter-twisted wire cables supported by the contractile helical springs 'from the traine of the spring structure and in which the side leads et the 'fabric are' supported from the side strap braces for embracing the saine to prevent undue sagging or depression of the side edges of the fabric.

@no ot' the main objects of the present invention is to produce a fabric furniture spring which is practically sagless but which at the same time embodies the desired resiliency Jo render the saine comfortable and pliable. f

As a further object the invention comprevhends a means for protecting the sharp outer edgesof the strap braces whereby to prevent cutting ot' the bed clothes and in which the'cable serves, means for tying or holding said rods in juxtaposition to the strap edges;

The invention furthermore conten'iplates a fabric spring consisting of a plurality of inter-'twisted wire cables to provide a mesh, and in which said inter-twisted portions are of sucient length to properly reinforce the Jabrio atv various points.

As a further object the invention aims to provide a fabric furniture spring which ad- `mits of the it'crinationot the same in an economical manner by use of a machine-and which is comparatively simple in its construction and highly eiiicient in its purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specilication, particularly pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, it being, understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustratedherein, to the of the terms in which the claim is expressed..

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view ot a fabric furniture spring constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic detail plan view of the Jiabric alone.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference 10 and 11 designate the opposite end rails ofthe spring structure trarne which are perforated as at 13 adjacent their 1 full extent indicated bythe general meaning inner edges to receive the hooked terminals 14 of the helical contractile springs i5. To the inner 'hooked terminals le of the outer most side springs 15 they opposite ends of the rods 17 are attached. To the hooked inner terminals ot the next adjacent pair ot springs 15 the opposite ends of the strap braces or reinforcing straps '18 are attached. The fabric consists of a plurality oit lengths of wire cable 19 eacn length of which formed into a bight 20 at one end of the spring structure which is hooked over the inner hooked terminal 16 ci the intermediate springs 15. From each bight 2O the leads 21 and -22 -are inter-twisted .as atfi alten nately with the lead '21 oi' 'the nent adjacent length of wire cable and with each other to provide a substantially diamond shaped mesh 24. The outern'lost side leads of each length of cable are provided with laterally disposed loops E25 which embrace the reinforcing straps 18 at longitudinally .spaced points. The bights 26 of 'the loops are twisted into a substantial forni and also engage around the rods 17 so that said rods are maintained in substantially parallel re?` lation or juxtaposition to the outer edge 2'? of the reinforcing straps. The free terminals of the leads 21 and 22 of each length of cable are'v inter-twisted together as at 28 and are engaged over the hooked inner terminals 16 ofthe helical contractile springs 15.

Under this construction it will be noted thatthe loops 25 lwhich embrace the rein forcing straps 18` serve to properly support the opposite side edges oi the tabrie to prevent undue depression or sagging, in view of the fact that the straps which are of a material having less yieldability or more rigid- -ity prevent sagging or undue depression. It will be also noted that the rods 1'? in addition to serving as reinforcing elementsv and preventing undue depression or sagging Sti of the edge ofthe spring structure, also act in the capacity of protecting elements for the outerside edges 27 of the straps to prevent cutting of the bed clothes thereon. The general construction of the .spring gives a firm yet suiiiciently yieldable support for Athe AWeight of the user and it will be noted that the inter-twisted portions 23 are suliciently elongated to give additional reinforcing portions at various points throughout the area to the fabric.

I claim: o

In a furniture spring which includes a frame having `end rails, helical contractile springs connected' with said end rails, and side straps connected at the oppo site ends tol certain of said helical springs, a fabric connected at its opposite ends to said helical springs and consisting of Wire cables inter-twisted together to provide a mesh and having loops formed in the outer side leads of cach sidecable which loops embrace the side Straps for sup-` porting the side edges of the fabric from the strap and rods connected at their opposite ends respectively to the outermost helical springs, arranged parallel and alongside of y the outer side edges ofthe straps and also embraced yby the loops formed in' the outer side leads of'the fabric, said loops having a second twist between the strapsandv rods for spacing and holding the saine in a plane with each other, whereby to hold said rods in juxtaposition to. thestrap for preventing Contact and possi-ble cutting of the bed ciothing on the edge of said straps.

VINCENZO MAssAoEsE. 

